Lady Heather's Domain: My life in a Nutshell

I got up feeling really good despite the lack of sleep.  No pain which is a rarity and very much enjoyed.  Headed to work all the way in the dinning room.  I was answering phones and really enjoying things. Then THE PHONE CALL CAME.  I was laid off effective immediately. I am still all turned upside down. I am trying to organize myself. I have filed for unemployement. I have called the place they contracted to help me find a job. I contacted their benefits department to get a letter to let my dependents on my hubby's coverage. Lots of stuff to think about and make decisions on. That is how I felt for awhile - but now I am starting to get my bearings again. Time to harvest all of the work of the year, toss aside what should be used as fertilizer and save and use what is good.  A time for change, a time to let go of some dreams, focus on others and dream up new ones. We are only held back from achieving our dreams by refusing to change.  Wha...

I got up and went to work.  It was nice and relaxing - a few calls - not too many alarms.  I woke my son up at 7am because he is supposed to go to school for his schedule but he wanted to get there around 8am to meetup with some of his friends.  At 8:15 I checked in with him - and woke him up again.  Then I went into the bedroom and gave my hubby a big hug and kiss (become a ritual for us) and started moving my stuff back into the bedroom now that he is up.  My son left and I didn't even notice him. Work was kind of slow - nothing major.  I enjoyed talking to a couple of the field techs.  And inbetween calls I played on my personal laptop and did emails.  I got done with work and my son came home and let me know his schedule - US History, Beginning Guitar, Spanish 2, Human Anatomy, English 11 and Pre-Calculus.  He started on some chores and then went to a friend's house.  He came home and not long after that hubby came home and we all ...

I didn't sleep well.  I was anxious about how the hurricane had effected work.  I really should learn to not be so nervous.  It was busy with alarms but nothing I couldn't handle.  I had a bit of clean up with duplicates because the others had been so slammed with alarms and tech calls.  All and all it was a pretty easy day.  My son got up and worked on cleaning out his desk by the end of the day he had done a great job.  Earlier I had worked on a chores chart and a check list - hopefully this year will be better than last year on the chores issue.  The benefit is that I will be home more to make sure he can do them. Today I found out from my boss I actually will be working some holidays and we are a 24-7 shop.  I get out of Labor day because they all ready scheduled it and probably because I am not fully trained up yet.  I hope I don't have a problem with the holidays.  I do want my 40th bday off and Thanksgiving and Christmas - ...

I got up and woke up my son.  I took a shower and went and checked on my son and he still wasn't up. I wasn't feeling good so I made him carry everything out to the minivan.  We went to GoodWill Express and donated everything - only took a few minutes.  Then we headed off to walmart.  No luck in finding a bookshelf that we liked there.  We went to Target and found a book case there.  Came home.  Hubby said he needed more time to sleep so my son and I had a little to eat.  I went into our bedroom and played around on my computer checking on our friend and the Hurricane.  All was going well but the Hurricane ended up hitting hard and flooding where her old house is.  My hubby got up and after a bit we went to The Old Spaghetti Factory and we enjoyed it.  I had a drink which knocked me on my keester.  I came home and vegged and went in and out of sleep.  I woke up with a headache but all of the other pains were diminished ...

I got up and relaxed.  Did some things on the computer and chatted with a friend via email about Hurricane Irene.  I am hoping it goes well for her.  I went back to bed to be with my hubby and then up again.  We just relaxed and I read.  It is so nice to have these quiet weekends.  Sometimes I really cannot believe that I used to be busy nearly every weekend.  After a nice quiet day - my hubby chatted with our friend on the phone and then I went to go pick up my son from his friend's house.  I stayed for a bit and talked to them.  Wanted to make sure he is not wearing out his welcome and also let them know my son needs to stay home and work on his room tomorrow. we got back and I fell asleep but my son continued to clean his room. Tomorrow we will go to Goodwill express and drop off all of the items that can be donated and then go and try to find a bookshelf for his room.

I rolled out of bed and went directly to work.  It was an easy day although we were all wondering how the East Coast would fair with the Hurricane Irene starting to hit land soon.  At lunch time I dropped off my son at a party (it is nice being home during the day so I can do things like that) and then after I got off work I went to the post office and then headed off to get my nails done. They were really busy so after waiting about 20 min they were able to do my eyebrow wax and my pedicure and I came back around 5:30 to get my nails done.  I got home and relaxed.  My hubby got home with the pizzas and my son came home not long after. We enjoyed watching the movie Twister and laughing about that.  Then he went to a friend's house to spend the night because he was going to be going to a Boy Scout thing later on. Hubby and I just relaxed and I fell asleep.  I am so glad my son is having a good time this summer.  I hope he is able adapt to school ...

I got up this morning and was surprised.  The kitchen was spotless, the dinner table looked great - everything was so clean.  It was a wonderful start to the day.  Work was a bit slower for me than the last couple of days but I sent my hubby an email thanking him for the work he did in the kitchen an he said I needed to thank my son. I couldn't believe it - I walked around the house - DVD's were put away that had been sitting on a table - everything was so neat and orderly - he did this?  Without even being asked or guilted?  Where are the pods in the back yard this could not possibly be my son!! When he got up around noon  - I thanked him a lot.  We discussed that he would now work on his closet.  he did quite a bit of work and then had to head to his scouts thing. I finished work and finished the paperwork for my son to go back to school.  Did a few things on the computer - and did some laundry.  I made homemade burritos. Hubby ...